Amber Technology Blog

DPA have listened to the theatre, film and television industry and have added the smallest ever high end pro audio microphone capsule to its d:screet and d:fine ranges.

Remote Monitoring Module is handy for controlling your Contacta HLD7 and HLD9 hearing loop drivers from a distance and issuing fault alerts. This nifty piece of kit saves on time and the expense of travelling and can change the way you set up and monitor Contacta drivers.

Just in time for Christmas, Optoma has announced the launch of UHL55 - the world’s first ever 4K LED smart projector for residential applications.

Packed with smart features like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, it offers hands-free operation and IFTTT (unilateral) all on a single Android platform.

The UHL55 is the ultimate in 4K home projection, boasting PureMotion frame interpolation, precision optics and HDR.

Let the UHL55 plan all your festive celebrations with Infowall. This feature is personal, powerful and informative and completely customisable through programming and scheduling. Anything from setting personal reminders to creating multiple playlists, the UHL55 is super versatile and convenient.

Mackie has announced the launch of two new consumer audio products, the CR Buds Series.

Solid State Logic’s (SSL) new all-analogue 2U outboard processor Fusion is designed for contemporary hybrid studio use. Incorporating five new analogue colouration tools, it combines the perfect mix of added tonal character, weight and space to your mix bus or stereo stems, with the attention-to-detail, warmth and finesse that only true analogue circuits can provide.

Building on their recent success of the MP Series of in-ear monitors, Mackie has introduced two new products to their highly reputable list of studio headphones. Widely known for their level of clarity and accuracy in professional, close-backed designs, the MC-150 and MC-250 have reference quality sound and are big on style.

Marco Caviglia, vocalist and guitarist with Dire Straits Legacy, has switched to a DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone for all of his live performances.

A number of brands distributed by Amber Technology in Australia and New Zealand have been making an appearance on legendary UK singer-songwriter Sam Smith's world tour. Smith rose to instantaneous world fame following the release of his debut album Lay Me Down in 2013. In 2018, he's enjoying a cool 2.3 million sales off the back of his second album titled The Thrill of it All and continues to smash the charts while performing on the world stage for his ongoing album titled concert tour for 2018.

In a world first, DLP projector manufacturer Digital Projection have launched the INSIGHT Laser 8K - the highest resolution projector on the global market - at the CEDIA expo this month in San Diego. Boasting 25,000 lumens of laser illumination, the company’s flagship projector is in a league of its own, offering up unrivalled brightness and 33 million pixels to marvel at.

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has a vast fan base. Their televised races draw eyes and ears from around the world but they’re not alone when it comes to the challenge of mimicking the highly ear-splitting, earth-shaking racetrack experience on-screen for their viewers. Although the Association broadcasts races in Dolby Atmos, the bottlenecked technology didn’t have the accompanying microphone that could reproduce the low-frequency component of the sound of 11,000 horsepower cars launching from the starting line. Mike Rokosa, technology executive at the NHRA, went for the d:dicate™ 4007 Omnidirectional Microphone from DPA Microphones.